Auxiliary sole including scent dispensing means

Abstract

An auxiliary sole includes a ball portion, a heel portion, scent dispensing means, and attachment means for releasably attaching the heel portion to the ball portion. The ball portion and the heel portion include a base having a plurality of projections depending from the base. The scent dispenser may be made of an absorbent material impregnated with the scent of an animal that is positioned within a recess formed in one of the projections of the ball portion or the heel portion. The base of the ball portion has an elongate opening and the base of the heel portion has a pair of opposed end tabs that are received within the opening of the base of the ball portion. The base of the ball portion and the base of the heel portion may be provided with hook and loop fasteners to releasably attach the heel portion to the base portion.

That which is claimed is:  
     
       1. A hunting aid for disguising the tracks and the scent of a hunter, the hunting aid comprising: 
       an auxiliary sole for attachment to the footwear of the hunter, the auxiliary sole comprising  
       a ball portion comprising a generally planar base having a plurality of projections depending generally perpendicularly therefrom;  
       a heel portion attached to the ball portion, the heel portion comprising a generally planar base having a plurality of projections depending generally perpendicularly therefrom;  
       scent dispensing means positioned within at least one recess formed in at least one of the plurality of projections of one of the ball portion and the heel portion; and  
       attachment means for really attaching the heel portion to the ball portion.  
     
     
       2. A hunting aid according to  claim 1  wherein the scent dispensing means comprises a scent filter made of an absorbent material impregnated with the scent of an animal. 
     
     
       3. A hunting aid according to  claim 2  wherein the absorbent material of the scent filter is selected from the group consisting of cotton, wool, paper, cellulose, synthetic fibers, and combinations thereof. 
     
     
       4. A hunting aid according to  claim 1  wherein the attachment means comprise a plurality of hook fasteners provided on one of the ball portion and the heel portion and a plurality of corresponding loop fasteners provided on the other of the ball portion and the heel portion. 
     
     
       5. A hunting aid according to  claim 1  wherein the base of the ball portion further has an elongate opening formed therethrough and the base of the heel portion has a pair of opposed end tabs, each of the opposed end tabs of the base of the heel portion received within the opening of the base of the ball portion. 
     
     
       6. A hunting aid according to  claim 1  wherein the base of the ball portion comprises at least one securing strap for securing the auxiliary sole to the footwear of the hunter, the at least one securing strap having opposed ends affixed to the base of the ball portion. 
     
     
       7. A hunting aid according to  claim 1  wherein the base of the ball portion and the base of the heel portion are made of a flexible material selected from the group consisting of natural rubber, polyvinylchloride (PVC), polyurethane, silicone and combinations thereof. 
     
     
       8. A hunting aid according to  claim 1  wherein the plurality of projections depending from the base of the ball portion and the plurality of projections depending from the base of the heel portion are formed in the shape of the tracks of an animal. 
     
     
       9. A hunting aid according to  claim 8  wherein the plurality of projections depending from the base of the ball portion and the plurality of projections depending from the base of the heel portion are formed in the shape of the hoof prints of a deer and wherein the scent dispensing means comprises an absorbent material impregnated with the scent of a deer. 
     
     
       10. An auxiliary sole for attachment to the footwear of a hunter, the 
       auxiliary sole comprising: a ball portion comprising a generally planar base having a plurality of projections depending generally perpendicularly therefrom;  
       a heel portion attached to the ball portion, the heel portion comprising a generally planar base having a plurality of projections depending generally perpendicularly therefrom;  
       scent dispensing means positioned within at least one recess formed in one of the plurality of projections of the ball portion and the plurality of projections of the heel portion; and  
       attachment means releasably attaching the heel portion to the ball portion.  
     
     
       11. A hunting aid according to  claim 10  wherein the scent dispensing means comprises a scent filter made of an absorbent material impregnated with the scent of an animal. 
     
     
       12. A hunting aid according to  claim 11  wherein the absorbent material of the scent filter is selected from the group consisting of cotton, wool, paper, cellulose, synthetic fibers, and combinations thereof. 
     
     
       13. A hunting aid according to  claim 10  wherein attachment means comprises a plurality of hook fasteners provided on one of the ball portion and the heel portion and a plurality of corresponding loop fasteners provided on the other of the ball portion and the heel portion. 
     
     
       14. A hunting aid according to  claim 10  wherein the base of the ball portion further has an elongate opening formed therethrough and the base of the heel portion has a pair of opposed end tabs, each of the opposed end tabs of the base of the heel portion received within the opening of the base of the ball portion. 
     
     
       15. A hunting aid according to  claim 10  wherein the base of the ball portion comprises at least one securing strap for securing the auxiliary sole to the footwear of the hunter, the at least one securing strap having opposed ends affixed to the base of the ball portion. 
     
     
       16. A hunting aid according to  claim 10  wherein the base of the ball portion and the base of the heel portion are made of a flexible material selected from the group consisting of natural rubber, polyvinylchloride (PVC), polyurethane, silicone and combinations thereof. 
     
     
       17. A hunting aid according to  claim 10  wherein the plurality of projections depending from the base of the ball portion and the plurality of projections depending from the base of the heel portion are formed in the shape of the tracks of an animal. 
     
     
       18. A hunting aid according to  claim 17  wherein the plurality of projections depending from the base of the ball portion and the plurality of projections depending from the base of the heel portion are formed in the shape of the hoof prints of a deer and wherein the scent dispensing means comprises an absorbent material impregnated with the scent of a deer.